Ramachandrapuram Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ramachandrapuram
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (42-Ramachandrapuram highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Ramachandrapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh
| mla = Vasamsetti Subhash
| party = {{Party index link|Telugu Desam Party}}
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = Andhra Pradesh
| district = Konaseema
| loksabha_cons = Amalapuram
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| constituency_no = 42
| electors = 193,742
| type = SLA
}}
Ramachandrapuram Assembly constituency is a constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}} It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=18, 30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}
Vasamsetti Subhash is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019}} As of 2019, there are a total of 193,742 electors in the constituency.{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
Mandals
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are:
{{srn}}
| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal |
| Kajuluru |
| Ramachandrapuram |
| K.Gangavaram |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Member ! colspan="2" | Political party |
|---|
| 1952
| K. Rajagopalanarasaraju | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| 1955
| K. S. R. Ramachandraraju Bahadur | {{Full party name with color|Praja Party}} |
| 1962
| N. Satyanrayanarao | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)|rowspan=2}} |
| 1967
| N. Veerraju |
| 1970
| M. S. Sanjeevi | style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" | | NCJ |
| 1972
| Reddy Satyanarayana | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1978
| Apparao Pilli | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1983
| K. S. R. Ramachandra Raju | {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}} |
| 1985
| M. Vera Venka Rama Rao |
| 1989
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 1994
| rowspan=2 |Thota Trimurthulu | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| 1999
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2004
| rowspan=2 |Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2009
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |
| 2012
| rowspan=2 |Thota Trimurthulu |
| 2014
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
| 2019
| Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna | {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}} |
| 2024
| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}} |
Election results
===1952===
{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ramachandrapuram{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Kakarlapudi Rajagopalanarasaraju |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=30,603 |percentage=65.20% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mallipudi Pallanraju |party=Indian National Congress |votes=16,334 |percentage=34.80% |change=34.80% }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,269 |percentage=30.40% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=46,937 |percentage=74.45% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 63,049 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
= 2004 =
{{Election box begin | title=2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ramachandrapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose
|votes = 53,160
|percentage = 50.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Thota Trimurthulu
|votes = 45,604
|percentage = 43.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,556
|percentage = 7.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 104,873
|percentage = 82.64
|change = +8.91
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2009 =
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ramachandrapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose
|votes = 56,589
|percentage = 39.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Praja Rajyam Party|candidate=Thota Trimurthulu|votes=52,558|percentage=37.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Guttula Sri Suryanarayana Babu|votes=23,252|percentage=16.39|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,031|percentage=2.84|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=141,850|percentage=80.90|change=-1.74}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2012 (bypoll) =
{{Election box begin | title=2012 by-election: Ramachandrapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Thota Trimurthulu
|votes = 77,292
|percentage = 49.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose|votes=66,573|percentage=42.23|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Chikkala Ramachandra Rao|votes=6,256|percentage=4.04|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=4,031|percentage=2.84|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=141,850|percentage=80.90|change=-1.74}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ramachandrapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Thota Trimurthulu
|votes = 85,254
|percentage = 53.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=YSR Congress Party|candidate=Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose|votes=68,332|percentage=42.67|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=16,922|percentage=10.57|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=160,133|percentage=88.17|change=+7.27}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSRCP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2019 =
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ramachandrapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna
|votes = 75,365
|percentage = 44.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Thota Trimurthulu|votes=70,197|percentage=41.56|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janasena Party|candidate=Chandrasekhar Polisetty|votes=18,529|percentage=10.97|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,168|percentage=3.06|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=168,891|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = YSR Congress Party
|loser = Telugu Desam Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ramachandrapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Telugu Desam Party
|candidate = Vasamsetti Subhash
|votes = 97652
|percentage = 55.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = YSR Congress Party
|candidate = Pilli Surya Prakash
|votes = 71361
|percentage = 40.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kota Srinivasa Rao
|votes = 1173
|percentage = 0.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None Of The Above
|votes = 1608
|percentage = 0.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26291
|percentage = 14.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 175388
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Telugu Desam Party
|loser = YSR Congress Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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